Warning as Cork numbers rise: ‘Knuckle down and do level 3 like we mean it’

Dr Mary
We may have beds for people with Covid but not for anything else. Any surge beds would result in staff being taken from other areas to make it work.Dr Mary Favier, who is also the Covid-19 adviser to the Irish College of General Practitioners, was speaking after more than 100 cases of Covid-19 were notified in Cork on a single day.
The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) was notified of 617 confirmed cases, including 107 in Cork, yesterday. Five additional virus-related deaths in Ireland were also notified.
Speaking to The Echo, Dr Favier said the five additional deaths are tragic incidents that indicate Covid-19 is spreading among the most vulnerable populations.
“What we’re seeing is that it’s not just in young people — it’s also in the older population from the 50s to 65-year-olds,” said Dr Favier. “That’s a very big concern.
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